Churn



. YUNITED STATES PATENT Giuuce.

HENRY T. BBANTLEY, OF JAMISON, ALABAMA.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming Vpart of Letters` Patent No. 289,968, dated December 11, 1883.

Application sled May 1o, lesa. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY T. BRANTLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at J amison, in the county of Chilton and State of Alabama, have invented certain new andpuseful Improvements in Churns, of which the follow` ing is a specification," reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful im* provenients in rotary churns, and has for its object to give rotary motion in opposite directions to the churn-dasher in a simple and efficient manner. This object is accomplished by the mechanism illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specification, in which#- Figure 1 is an elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is a detailed view of some of .theparts Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view of slide-box and reciprocating bars D D. l

The letter A represents four corner-posts of the frame which carries the operating devices, and A A the cross-pieces.

Al is a slide-box, which carries the reciproeating bars D D', the inner sides of which are cut into racks, which engage with a pinion, E, attached to a vertical dash-shaft, B, having bearings in the piece C and in the slide-box A. The piece C is held in position by standards C, the lower ends of which are secured to the slide-box A, and the upper ends are rounded to fit circular openings in the piece C. The rack-bars D D are each provided with a handle, d d', by which they are operated. The shaft B has secured near its lower extremity the cross-pieces B B. The fastening of the pieces B B may be permanent or of a nature to permit adjustment to different points on the shaft. The cross-piece B" is provided with four vertical pins, b', extending in an upward direction, and the cross-piece B with four pins, b, extending downwardly, so

as to interlace with the -pins b, as shown in Fig. 1.

The frame A A A may be placed over a churn of ordinary construction-such as H, V

shown in Fig. 1 in section-and if the cover of the churnI is made in halves the introduction to or the removal of the dasher from the interior of the churn will be facilitated.

The frame A A A may be constructed of 5o any convenient size, so as to permit the operator to grasp the horn-shaped handles d done in each hand-and by a backward and forward movement of the hands-cause a reciproeating motion to be imparted to the rack-bars D D', and thus impart a rotary motion, first in one direction and then in the other, to the pinion E and its shaft B.

I am aware that rack-bars and spur-wheels have been employed to change reciprocating 6o into rotary motion, and thus operate churndashers and other machinery, as shown in the following patents, viz: No. 118,320, Wilcox,

August 22, 1871; No. 160,288, Simmons, March 2, 1875, vibrating churns, and English Patent 6 5 and pinion E, with raclcbars D D', having 75 horn-shaped handles d d', as described, and for the purpose set forth. f In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY T. BRANTLEY.

"Witnesses:

B. M. GENTRY, VVILLTAM WrLLrs.v 

